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Police: Don’t give out personal information to phone solicitors

Bartlesville police urge citizens to use caution when dealing with anyone requesting personal information over the telephone after at least one local woman received a call recently from someone asking for her Social Security number.

A Bartlesville woman said Thursday she was contacted this week from someone claiming to represent Medicare, telling her that they needed her Social Security number so that a new card could be issued.

“They said they were from ‘Medicare Company,’ and that they wanted to send me a new card,” the woman said.

She didn’t fall for it, but she’s hoping to warn others who might be taken in.

Capt. Jay Hastings, who oversees the Bartlesville Police Department’s Detective Division, said the department hasn’t received any similar reports recently, but he warns against giving anyone personal or financial information over the phone.

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